Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,730, Ebenezer Flint, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Flint, Ebenezer Mary
N. 14,730
CONTENTS

(2240) Massachusetts.
Ebenezer Flint
Private
Mass s Line - 1780 - War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of August. and suit to Hon Stephen Merrill , Judge of Haverhill, Mass:
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 1818,
5 mos: & 2/30 ths  $40 53
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
✓ Newbury, Middlesex Continued
Notification sent Nov 16 th 1820 to Abraham Dyer Cambridge Mass.

127 Rebecca Mary Flint widow of Abner
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Decd Jan 1880 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1st of July 1848 Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Decr and sent to
Wm. Thayer Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of February 2, 1848, Page 50 , Vol. 2

168 Mary Flint and Ebenezer application Mass.
Married 1788.
Died 1828
Ad 7 July 1838
5 years
Altar $80 per ann from March 4 1838 27 a per cent
Geo. W. Adams Esq. Baton Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Town of Reading.
I the subscriber do hereby certify that there appears in the Registry of Marriages in said Town of Reading the following record of Marriage to wit. "One Thousand seven hundred and Eighty eight, November Twenty seventh; Ebenezer Flint Jun. and Mary Parker were married by Eliab Stone Clerk."
The above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows
"
1788
Nov r 27 Ebenezer Flint Jun r & Mary Parker were married by Eliab Stone Clerk."
Daniel Pratt Jun r Clerk of the Town of Reading.
I Daniel Pratt Jun r , above named depose and say: That I hold the office of Clerk in the Town of Reading, County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the above is a true -

extract from the Records of said Marriage Registry of said town with the exceptions above named as certified by
Daniel Pratt Jun. Clerk of the Town of Reading.
Middlesex ss. July 31, 1838.
Then the above named Daniel Pratt Jun. Clerk of the Town of Reading personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me. John Weston Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Elias Hemenway Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex, do certify that John Weston Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex, and that I believe his name subscribed to the above Certificate to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 4 th day of August 1838.
E. Hemenway

Ellen E. Flint
3
April 3. 1818
Not on the rolls S. C. S. S. S.
further evidence
repeated
Admitted
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I, Ebenezer Flint, of the age of 55 years, declare and say that I am a resident citizen of the United States; that I now reside in & belong to the town of Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex, in the Middle Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. — I further say that in June 1779 I enlisted into the Army of the Revolutionary War as a private soldier for the term of nine months, & accordingly entered the service in that month in the Company under command of Capt. Wiley, in the 8 th Massachusetts Reg t under Col o Michael Jackson — I served therein until January 1780 & then enlisted for during the war into Capt. Silas Pierce's company, in the same Regiment and served therein accordingly till May 1780, & was then transferred to a light-Infantry company commanded by Capt. Burnham under Col. Gennett, & served therein till the next fall & was then placed back into my former Regiment in Capt. Hartshorn's company; & I there was appointed a Sergeant & did duty as such therein till June 1783 when I received an honorable discharge, with a condition annexed to it that it was to operate as a Furlough till the ratification of the Peace, & then as a discharge. And I was intitled to one badge of merit. I also say that I have lost the discharge — That I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my Country for support; and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States. — Ebenezer Flint
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. April 3 d 1818 Then the above named Ebenezer Flint made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, John Danforth of lawful age depose and say that I served in the same Regiment above mentioned, & then knew the said Ebenezer Flint, & I now state that his said declaration is true. John Danforth
Middlesex ss. April 3. 1818 Then the above named John Danforth made solemn oath that the said deposition by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge &c.

Whereupon it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Flint did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify, & transmit the testimony in the case of the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the department of War, & in need of assistance for support.
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Peter Hunt, depose & say I know the within named Ebenezer Flint did serve as a soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary war from the summer of 1779 till the close of the war, & had an honorable discharge, as stated in his declaration: and that he is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance for support.
Peter Hunt
Aug 4 Essex ss. August 4. 1818 Then the said Peter Hunt made solemn oath that the said deposition by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid.

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Residence, Family
Agreeable
Handwritten signature
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T. G. M. V. D. 1825
and Court, that the total amount in value of the property described in the record of the said Court; and I am further certify, that it is the opinion of the undersigned Clerk, and the several persons herein mentioned, who have copies from the records of the said Court, of the several records of the said Court, that the said Court has full and complete jurisdiction over the said property, and that the said Court has the power to sell the same, and to distribute the proceeds thereof, as aforesaid. Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court, this _____ day of _____, 19____. _____ Clerk of the said Court.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ebenezer Flint resident in Charlestown , in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. ^ now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the “ 18th March, 1818, Ebenezer Flint , late a “ Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the “ Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight “ dollars per month, to commence on the third day of “ April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen “ Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth “ day of August one thousand eight hundred and “ eighteen L. S.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
“ He has not any real estate nor personal estate of the value of ten dollars, he engaged in the Continental army in the eighth Mass a Reg t commanded by Col Michael Jackson, in the year 1778; in 1779 or 80 was transferred into a Reg t commanded by Col Gannett, the next Nov r was transferred back to the eighth Reg t again in which Reg t he was a sergeant in 1781 and served until the close of the war & had an honorable discharge. He is now fifty eight years old with an infirm wife older than himself and two daughters to support he is very destitute & supports

himself and family as a labourer by charity
Ebene Flint
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore judge etc

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Ebenezer Flint do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Ebenezer Flint
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Ebenezer Flint took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is.
ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr. Abraham Biglow
over

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit began & holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the second monday of September A D 1820.
Before the Hon ble Samuel Dana Esq r Chief Justice William Wetmore } Esq r associate Stephen Minot } Justices of said Court.
And now on a further examination of Ebenezer Flint on oath he testifies that his wife is sixty years of age & is unable to work, that his daughters are both married and live with him, one aged twenty seven years and the other twenty years and are partly supported by his labour and partly by their own, that he is not able by his labour to support himself and his wife, And it is ordered by the Court here that the Clerk of this Court transmit to the Secretary of the War Department an attest- ed copy of this record.
In attesting that the above is a true copy of record I have set my hand & affixed the seal of the above mentioned Court this 20 th of Sept. 1820.
Abner D. Ladd
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...the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the ...the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the ...the above-mentioned Court, that the said property is the property of the ...the said Court.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay land pensions to certain widows"
State of Massachusetts ss
On this second day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, personally appeared before the Honorable Peter D. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and State aforesaid, Mary Flint , a resident of Boston, in the County of Suffolk aforesaid aged seventy-seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in her oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Ebenezer Flint late of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex in said State who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and entered the service as she believes, in the year 1776, and served one year; afterwards he enlisted for three years and served out that term of time; afterwards he enlisted for during the war and was in the service when peace took place in 1783; all of which will more fully appear on reference to the papers and documents which were transmitted to the War Department at Washington in support of his claim for a pension under the act of 1818, which pension he continued to receive at the rate of Eight dollars per month until the 28 th day of September in the year 1828, which was the last sum he received previous to his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Flint, on the twenty seventh day of November in the year Seventeen Hundred and

Eighty-eight; that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Flint, died on the seventeenth day of September, in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty eight, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz, at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the 18 th July 1888 day and year above written before viz on 2 nd August 1888, before me: — and further certify, that the said Mary Flint the applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend personally in Court. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Bos- ton, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher Esquire is sole Judge of said Court & that the signatures on this sheet, purporting to be his, are genuine. —
Witness my hand the seal of said Municipal Court here- set this sixth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Thomas W. Phillips Clerk.

I Mary Flint of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, singlewoman, aged forty four years, On oath depose, and say, that I am daughter of the within Claimant, the widow Mary Flint — that in the life time of my father said Ebenezer Flint, I have often heard him say, that he served seven years as a private in the war of the American Revolution in different periods of service, that I know he received a pension for the same under the act of 1818 and continued to receive the same till within a fortnight previous to his death, which took place at the time stated in the within declaration. He received eight dollars per month. I further testify and say, that my mother the within Mary Flint has never married after the decease of her husband the said Ebenezer Flint out that she is still living a widow Suffolk ss Boston August 1838 Mary Flint Sworn to before me
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1838 Suffolk. On this second day of August the aforesaid Mary Flint the younger who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit and who is a person of respectability and veracity, appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the contents of the same Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal court of the City of Boston & Justice of the Peace throughout the said Commonwealth

Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
14730
am
Mary Gilint
Widow of
Ebenezer Gilint
Pri Rev War
Act: _____
Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. _____
a
Page _____
243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 87
Mary Flint.
widow of Ebenezer Flint dec d .
who died on the 17 th September 1828 of Boston in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Burnham of the Reg t commanded by Col Jackson in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of a W.S.
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Aug t 1838 and Sept 20 th Alams Boston Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. " 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 2 } Pension the 2
Recorded by M c Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 st Page 87

1871
Massachusetts
Mary Flint widow of Ebenezer Flint who was a Private in the Mass. line for 2 years.
Ref. Sept 8
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept. 1843. and sent to L. M. Stone Boston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 42

Reports
177. Massachusetts Mary Flint widow of Ebenezer Flint who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of June 1848 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 48. Vol. 2.

To the Secretary of the Department of War.
Sir, Please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot Esqr. of Haverhill Mr. who will forward it to me.
Turksbury, April 3. 1818 — E. Eben r Flint

Mary Flint and all of Ebenezer Flint due to $91 per ann due by former says at $80 per annum Comg. 1 July 1818.
J. M. Thayer Present

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, September 27 th 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestations William Sawyer was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex — and George S. Bulfinch was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W m H. Safford Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, September 27 th 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestation William Sawyer was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex - and George S. Bulfinch was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex COUNTY, }
ON this Twenty second day of September 1850, before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Mary Flint and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Ebenezer Flint who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; that she is now receiving a pension from the United States, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, under the Act of February 2 nd 1848 ; that her husband drew a pension at the rate of seventy ; that she asks for an increase of her present pension, to which she may be found entitled under any and all of the Acts and Resolutions of Congress, which are applicable to her case; that she is a resident of Charlestown in said County, and is a widow, and is ninety years of age.
Witness, Mary Flint William Sawyer
Sworn and subscribed this Twenty second day of Sept r 1850
Before me,
Attest Mary Flint
Mary Flint mark William Sawyer Justice Peace.
I CERTIFY, That I am personally acquainted with the above named declarant, and that she is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
G. S. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace. of Suffolk Co'y

U. Flint of Payment to be made at Boston
by
Charles H. Pillsbury Franklin Haven Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 48. Vol. 2
Geo. H. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Flint, widow of Ebenezer Flint who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Edmonds Commissioner of Pensions. By H. S. Evans.

Dec 19/30
1830
No 177
Mass
W. Ames
Hon. J. L. Edwards Chair of Business Washington D.C.

Boston Mass. Oct. 23/50.
Hon D. V. Edwards Chair of Pensions Sir,
I herewith enclose to you the applications of Mary Flint widow of Eben. and children of Mary Josse widow of Francis both of Mass. achusetts, asking for increase of their Pensions under the Resolution of July 1 st 1848, and have respectfully to ask early attention to the same.
Very Respectfully Your ob td Servt J. M. Hayer Boston Mass.

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington
D. 6.

Boston, August 6. 1838
James L. Edwards Esqr
I herewith transmit you the Papers & Documents of Mary Flint in support of her claim to a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838, for the services of her husband in the Revolutionary-War. He was a Pensioner under the Act of 1818. Will you be good enough to give this case an early attention & if the claimant is entitled to a pension transmit her certificate to the care of your Ex o Secy.
Geo: W. Holmg
Attorney for the Widow N o 63. Court Street

2102
Mary Flint $80 per am
L. M. Stone Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County } S.S.
Be it known that on this ninth day of June 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Mary Blunt a resident of Charlestown, Middlesex County and Commonwealth aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1831. Granting Pensions to Widows who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Blunt who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original declaration for a Pension under the Law of the 7 th July 1838. to which declaration, and the Papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the Proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her Husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum which amount she received from the 14 th of March 1836. to the 14 th March 1844. at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Ebenezer Blunt deceased, as will more fully appear by the Proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not.
Witness Anne Dorrance
Mary Blunt
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person above  within described before

me Lowell Mr. Stone Justice of the Peace
I Ames Drake of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex, of lawful age on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mary Mint within named and have been for many years past. I know that she was the wife of Ebenezer Mint, that she has not married since his death & that she was a pensioner as stated by her. Ames Drake
Suffolk County, City of Boston ss. June 9 th 1821. Then came Ames Drake who is personally known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
Lowell Mr. Stone
J. Hance

me Lowell M. Stone Justice of the Peace
I Amos Drake of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex, of lawful age on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mary Flint within named
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 14 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the within Attestation Lowell M. Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Isa. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

May Flint
Adm. admitted
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex — COUNTY, }
On this fifteenth — day of May 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mary Flint a resident of Charlestown — in the county of Middlesex — aged Eighty Seven — years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Ebenezer Flint — who was a private — in the Regiment — commanded by
and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late hus- band aforesaid, at the rate of eighty — dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Flint her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of,
James H. Frothingham
Justice of the Peace.
Mary Flint
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a Pensioner, as she declares above.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex — COUNTY, }
G. S. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace Suffolk County, Mass.
X,
Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
James H. Frothingham is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of
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CLERK.